Landmark legislation sees the Australian government committed to the novel step of child protection by banning social media for under sixteens.

  • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
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    3 hours ago

    Now kids will be forced to hide being a victim of cyber-bullying from their parents. Great work!

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      2 hours ago

      If they don’t have an online presence and neither do their peers, how would they be cyber bullied?

      I’m sure bullying will go on, old school, in the streets, but cyber bullying is one of the things that will go away with this

      I think this is great. There are about one or two generations worth of people that had social media while being kids and I think they should stop acting as if it’s the end of the world if it would go away. I fully understand that you grew up with it and don’t know any netter but believe you me: you can do without, you can survive without, you will be better without.

      Go outside, touch grass, have fun, be a kid again.

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        2 hours ago

        A few years ago the Australian government spent an enormous amount of money on a proposed firewall to protect the children. After years of development they were ready to pilot test their white elephant, and discovered that, on average, the Australian 12 year old could bypass it in ten minutes.

        It’s unlikely that the government could even enforce an obstacle as robust as the “are you 18+” checkbox that porn sites opt in to. This new law will not have any influence on under 16s online presence.